He just dropped a video that explains how the new yorker manipulated the story to make him look bad. And honestly i still think he's a hilarious comedian
Does he have receipts that disprove his own statements? Making up stories about a real person and her family and not even hiding their IDs enough to prevent them being harassed and threatened? The guy is a lazy writer who wanted cheap victimhood cred because that's what mediocre artists do when the well of creativity runs dry: "Minhaj admitted to The New Yorker that it’s true she never agreed to go to prom with him, but that the story he told in “Homecoming King” had an “emotional truth,” and that each of them had a different understanding of what transpired with her rejection. “There are so many other kids who have had a similar sort of doorstep experience,” he said."
@@musicplugins9233 you can pretend that lying about personal tragedy is noble but it's absolutely disgusting. Maybe you should go symphatize with those fake sexual assault reporters because lying is ok to achieve the end goal apparently.
Completely lied about the prom event where Bethany effectively cheated on him at the doorstep without him knowing at all. He himself admitted that didn't happen and he knew about it days in advance. Even if what he said is completely true it still makes Bethany look like an asshole. Nobody owes him an apology.
@@paperplane-db8qf so what! It’s a comedy story it did happen just not the exact detail deep for detail. Her parents were certainly racist and didn’t want pictures being taken with a brown boy and she admitted it in an email stating how her parents were once racist.!
How are people defending him? Comedians embellish experience to make their stories funnier, and not to make it more emotional or make others seem racist. That is such a key difference. The stories in his standup included his pregnant wife being sent death threats and "suspicious" white powder. Not even mentioning all the people he claimed were "racist"
Also, it is not limited to venues meant for standup comedy. He has been in business for many years, and must know that people are actually believing what he is narrating as true events and not everyone who is reading his stories is buying a ticket to his comedy shows. But, at least to my knowledge, he never made any effort to correct anyone until pressed on the matter. To me, this implies a deliberate scheme to deceive.
Also, his lies include the names of real people who are then targeted for things that never happened so the whole "comedians always embellish" defense doesn't hold water.
@@k2Peak982 Yup exactly, I saw a podcast where one of his friends at the time, said that Hasan told these same stories to him like outside of standup. Like how tf are you gonna lie about this to your friends too
I’m happy I stopped watching CBS! Came here to comment *again*, when are you publishing an update on this story? Are you going to apologize for portraying one side of the story? Shame on you!
He's not a journalist, he's a comedian. Has anyone fact checked any other comedian's stand-up routine? Bet there's plenty of creative license taken in a lot of stand-up routines. So why the focus on Hasan Minhaj specifically?
Nope, it's code for Protecting real people's identity. He criticized for not protecting the subjects while changing their details. Doomed if you, doomed if you don't.
I used to read the New Yorker. After watching his response video I realized that the writers are misleading. In this age of misinformation, it’s very difficult to find true reporting. I’m not renewing my subscription.
Something always felt off about this guy, and you could see it in how other comedians would react to him when they shared a stage. The eye rolls from his peers were barely suppressed. He always has to be the biggest person in the room. That's fine for comedy, but it's not compatible with advocacy work, and whatever he might claim, he bears the responsibility that comes with advocating for other people. I see no sense of humility or acknowledgement of that responsibility. More disturbingly, the fact that he lied about stories that really didn't have any comedic value, where he paints himself as the victim, and where his lies negatively impacted real people is utterly despicable. He's not elevating these issues by lying or exaggerating. He's handing racists more ammunition to scream "fake news" about valid accusations of racism from other people. He's making it less likely that the truth will be taken seriously by treating the truth like a joke. This isn't "complicated" because it's "art". I heard the "Boy Who Cried Wolf" when I was 6 years old. He's undermining the struggle of people who don't have his high profile, all for the sake of social media clout and personal enrichment, and then failing to own up to it. These are the traits of a sociopath.
Ahhh... Post hoc internet clairvoyance! So many of you have 20/20 vision in the rearview mirror. What didn't you say anything before Madam Zimra or whatever stage name you wanna take up? 😂
@@claycan3243 I'm sorry, I really don't have ton of time to debate the right and wrong of a dude lying, admitting he lied, and the lies essentially ruining someone's life (the woman he lied about). If you lack the capacity to see the right or wrong, or think we should only be concerned if we are the ones being lied about - dude, you are a broken deeply immoral person, or maybe just "developmentally delayed"?
@@claycan3243 He tells long truthful-sounding narratives that are pretty politically preachy. They don't come across like jokes. They come across like first-hand experiences he's trying to educate his audience with. He just cracks a joke in between every little bit. It's too much in this case.
Clare Witch Malone wants attention so bad ?! she didn't factchecked her story even though he gave her receipts. What kind of lying journalist is this ?! She need to be fact checked
Just Can't believe that proven lies can be defended....whether racism exists or not......why can lies be defended.....am I missing something here.....???
This is one is where "context matter" has never been more relevant. Yes comedians make up stuff, if it's innocuous stuff, it doesn't matter, if you're presenting it in a way that says "Hey! This is the mirror I'm holding up to society!" then it absolutely does matter. He lied about real people living out there regardless of how it'll affect their lives. I was rooting for him to get the DS, especially after his interview with Kevin O'Leary, but after this I really think he lacks the moral fibre that people like Jon Stewart and John Oliver have.
He lied to portray himself as a victim. He told the stories as though they were harrowing events that he's trying to make light of through comedy. Regardless of his motives, he's also perpetuating racism.
She twisted his words to make it quasi-salacious to match the story she was determined to tell. You have to listen to the audio tapes of the interview and compare them to what was written. They're talking about stuff he talked about in 2016. It's 2023.
Welp this has aged like 1 month old unrefrigerated milk. Is any media outlet who covered going to recant their allegations? Time to step up to the plate.
Lesson one: a comedy act is not the place to get news. Lesson two: the standard I see being raised to comedians, professional storytellers whose job is to get a laugh out of their audience, appears to be staggering higher than the one lowered to politicians, to whom lying and deceiving to then be empowered to decide on our lives seems not only not to be a problem but to be protected, a constitutional right, and part of their job description. My question then is: IS THIS A JOKE?
Lesson one is very true. Your lesson 2 is true, however misses the point (as does this news clip). The stories he made up about his high school prom date ditching him because “her family didn’t want her taking pictures with a brown kid” has resulted in her getting death threats and her family being attacked for being racist…and the story is completely false. Comedians should have a lot of freedom to make up whatever story they want to get a laugh, but not when it results in innocent people getting their lives turned upside down for something that isn’t true. He never apologized to these people. Never made any statements saying that his story wasn’t true until this piece came out. THAT is not okay. I highly encourage you to read her piece before jumping to conclusions. There is a lot of horrifying things in there that I am sure you would conclude is not okay
So…..who should be canceled? Seems this story hasn’t aged well, especially after the recent reply from Hassan Minhaj. Seems Clare Malone has some explaining to do.
Uh, name *one* instance where a person was cancelled for "less" than telling a not entirely true story as a comedian during a stand-up act! And I'm not even saying whether or not Minhaj was right or wrong to embellish stories in a comedy act (because I don't know where the line even is) - only that I can't think of a single instance off the top of my head in which someone got "cancelled" for *less* than that! So yes, can you please provide *one* example where someone got cancelled for "less" than a comedian embellishing a story during a stand-up act?
It is Story-telling. What do these people expect? The funny thing about this entire thing is that NEWS anchors are not being held to Journalistic integrity but Comedians are expected to.
The problem with Hasan is these werent told as jokes in a comedy context, but as literal stories about being oppressed as a Muslim, which we now know are all untrue.
If a comedian didn't know how to take everyday stories we relate to and make them funny, they wouldn't be comedians. I'm not worried if comedian takes liberty for laughs without diminishing the spirit of the story. It's not uncommon for them to take a story they can relate to from their friends and transpose it onto their own life to help audiences relate to it better when regaling on stage
That's not what he is doing though. He is fabricating stories that aren't funny, making himself out to be a victim and, in certain instances, harming actually people with his lies.
This guy tells the stories to divide america. He is more muslim than he is anything. Font cancel russel brand cancel this guy who is full of hate. He lies about having a hard life as an immigrant. But he makes his stuff up. He has never been leaned on by a cop. As a black man he does not know our hatd times.
This is beyond stupid. He's a comedian, the entire performance is a one man show. He's memorized every line he says, and comedians use exaggeration and lies to tell the truth, or to convey a point. Who is complaining about comedians lying? Who are these people who have no concept of the art form? If he went up there and told a story like The Three Little Pigs, nobody would jump up and say "You're lying, get him off the stage, pigs can't talk". The whole thing is nonsense. The real problem is the people complaining about this type of thing. If you don't like his act, great. Don't watch it.
There’s a difference between telling a lie for the porpoises of a laugh or joke and telling a lie for sympathy. Honestly this guys kinda sick. Who lies about there daughter being hospitalized for anthrax and calling a girl from your high school racist cause she didn’t want to date you.
Smollett filed a false police report! He committed an *actual* crime! Minhaj told fictional stories in a stand-up act that he *never* said was factual or "based on a true story" (people just assumed they were "true" because he used several real details from his life, like his actual name and where he actually grew up), but *never* while under oath or in a way that wasted taxpayer dollars. Whether or not you think that move is right or wrong, it is *not at all* even *close* to what Smollett did! Smollett filed an *actual* false police report and committed an *actual* crime. Minhaj told exaggerated stories. These are *not* the same by *any* means!
I like how they talk about "Journalistics standards" and you shouldn't get your news from "comedy sources". that is so transparently self serving When the reason people turned on Comedy central for their news is because the decline in trust in News Media.
That’s extremely disappointing! I was a fan but I won’t be in the future. I think his stories are manipulation now and nothing more!! No better than when the other side lies!! He’s not setting up simple premises.
I feel like that woman refuses to see any perspective outside her own. If people go to comedy for truth and news they’re at the wrong damn place. If you get news from comedians, I’m sorry.
Do you think the people watching these comedies know these stories are lies as they're being told? Did you personally think he was lying as he was telling the story???
There’s a difference between telling a lie for the porpoises of a laugh or joke and telling a lie for sympathy. Honestly this guys kinda sick. Who lies about there daughter being hospitalized for anthrax and calling a girl from your high school racist cause she didn’t want to date you.
Yup. Another news report that doesn’t share all the important facts and misses the point entirely: His stories that he made up have ruined people’s lives. The point isn’t that he is making up stories for telling jokes. Comedians do that all the time. The point is that the stories he makes up are directly targeted at people in his life that are easily discoverable with a little bit of research. It’s resulted in a innocent woman receiving death threats and her family being accused of being racist. He did nothing for them, refused to apologize, and never made any public statements saying that he made up stories about them until this report came out. This guy is sick. Please do not compare him to Larry David
Who are these Critics?? They need to get a life if they get this worked up over a comedians act. Of course he embellished and makes stuff up! That’s what they do! Smfh
There’s a difference between telling a lie for the porpoises of a laugh or joke and telling a lie for sympathy. Honestly this guys kinda sick. Who lies about there daughter being hospitalized for anthrax and calling a girl from your high school racist cause she didn’t want to date you.
@@CleverAccountName303 Like claiming to have Marched in civil rights protest while instead worked with the segregationist, being arrested in SA when trying to meet Nelson Mandala, Amtrak conductor, etc.
I feel for the young woman who was maligned for dropping Hassan for the prom which was not true. Because of Hassan’s lies, this woman and family received threats.
So the woman and her family recieved no threats because her identity is still anonymous. Hasan and the lady were still friends even after she watched the special and in an email she wrote to him thanking him for protecting her identity and she even admitted her parents came a long way from the racism they displayed. if you want to learn more just watch his rebuttal where he shows receipts
There’s a difference between telling a lie for the porpoises of a laugh or joke and telling a lie for sympathy. Honestly this guys kinda sick. Who lies about there daughter being hospitalized for anthrax and calling a girl from your high school racist cause she didn’t want to date you.
Big difference between embellishing a story for a joke and embellishing a story to push a political narrative. We don’t go to comedy to be lectured to by liars.
Hasan admitted to her that he made up stories about the real people he exposed in his comedy specials. That's pretty foul and not normal for comedians to do.
People are raped and sexually assaulted too but if someone claimed that it happened to them and it didn’t then imagine the outrage. Same exact thing he is doing and making money off of. DISGUSTING!
Why is she more concerned about a comedian’s set rather than the work politicians are not doing? Obviously, she needs a story. There was an interview with CEO Tim Gurner who stated unemployment should be 50% to remind people they work for an employer not the other way around. This may not be niche enough for her though. One of the reasons more people rely on the Daily Show and other similar shows is due to BS stories like this one. This story has no traction, yet y'all pretend to have the pulse of the nation based on what's trending on X formerly known as Twitter. We want facts not whose first.
Because Hasan's show and comedy were politically driven. They have a political impact on viewers whether Hasan cares or not. Also, lying about real people has an impact on their lives.
We live in a society where people quote comedians as some sort of activists or intellectuals, instead of the buffoons they are, so not sure your sarcasm really fits the bill.
@@comment.highlighted You didn't answer the question. Did you personally think he was lying when he was telling the joke? Or if that's too much to answer, try this one. How many in the audience, do you think, thought it was a real story as it was being told???
Did he *ever* actually say these events were true or actually happened? Did he ever claim his specials are based on true stories? Yes, they *sounded* like they *could* have been true, but did he ever *say* in an official capacity that they *were* true? Or did we just *assume* they were? And if we just assumed that, why is that his fault?
When you lie about things like this it makes it harder for those who aren't lying to be believed. It's like when a person lies about being r@ped, this leads to ppl not believing others.
So he totally made up that story about his family being attacked after 911. That's pretty fkin shameless. I knew it seemed off, but wanted to believe him anyway 🙄
This is a silly news story. Do people actually think half the stuff said in standup happened to Chris Rock, George Lopez, Trevor Noah, or Dave Chappelle?
"Upwardly mobile immigrants to advance their careers." Couldn't have said it better. There's a lot of privileged people out there who make a career of telling others to check their privilege.
Why is this even a story? WOW! This is where we at? I am just seeing this weeks later. Have we lost our F-ing minds?!!! Stories to laugh is now under attack? Have we met comedians before? WTF is going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wee think Eddie Murphy and Richard Pyor told their life stories for laughs? FK!
There is a famous book called “I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala” written by a Guatemalan author who was asked if those experiences in the book actually happened her. She admitted not all of them did, but the experiences certainly were real and happened to a Guatemalan Indian woman. I feel like it’s the same kind of situation.
Nonsensical comparison, he made up multiple stories about oppression to make political points including accusing a woman of racism because she didn’t want to go out with him. Not to mention he is a hard core supporter of racist Islamist Ilhan Omar.
@@joanna0988 yes she used her real name, but to my knowledge no other person’s actual name was used. Like a story about her sexual assault by a Spaniard. I don’t recall a real person’s name being used.
@@majorlazor5058 No I mean did she use other people's real names? Because that's what Hasan did and usually if you lie about a real person it's called slander 🤦
@@joanna0988 My understanding is Hassan embellished on some stories, but that doesn’t mean every single thing he talked about was not true. If he committed slander I’m sure some lawyers would be ringing the victims’ phone nonstop to file a slam dunk lawsuit.
I think the difference here is he based his career telling woke comedy where the laughs come from sympathy of his oppression and faced racism rather than the jokes themselves. They're wokes, not jokes (Chappelle). The audience that appeal to him are those that either look like him or can relate to him or wokesters. It's way different from other comedy where you do it for laughs because you won't get attacked later for it. Using woke comedy just further stigmatizes an already minority group where they think they're always oppressed or discriminated against. This is why you get people that get 'offended' by jokes now and that comedians need to watch what they say because woke comedy has destroyed normal comedy or insult comedy.
There’s a difference between telling a lie for the porpoises of a laugh or joke and telling a lie for sympathy. Honestly this guys kinda sick. Who lies about there daughter being hospitalized for anthrax and calling a girl from your high school racist cause she didn’t want to date you.
No, "all comedians" don't tell lies using the names of real people and accusing them of extremely horrible behavior that never happened. The girl that supposedly rejected him at prom because of "rascim" received death threats. Also, she's currently married to an Indian guy. This guy's career is over and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
OK, so the moral of the story is that Jessie Smollett hired two black guys to beat the sh*t out of him so that he could express his EMOTIONAL TRUTH.....ok got it, right!
You're really going to try to claim that filing a false police report is the same as embellishing stories in a comedy act? You *really* can't tell the difference between an *actual crime* and punching up stories for comedy (not even saying whether what Minhaj did was right or wrong, only that *no one* is accusing him of committing a crime - which *inherently* makes him *not at all close* to the guy who *did)?* Wow! Thank you for revealing your inherently racist bias!
"Critics" are always critical... thats why they're called critics... The idea that anyone takes stories from a STAND-UP ROUTINE as reality, those people need to have their heads examined
There’s a difference between telling a lie for the porpoises of a laugh or joke and telling a lie for sympathy. Honestly this guys kinda sick. Who lies about there daughter being hospitalized for anthrax and calling a girl from your high school racist cause she didn’t want to date you.
He's not just telling jokes. Comedy isn't just one thing. Part of how he stands out is by telling stories that appear to be authentic. But he's lying in those moments of "authenticity" and his lies are about real people and have harmed them and made their lives miserable.
@ericmaddox1896 if he was a public speaker, then you would have a point... but he's not, he's a comedian. So unless he's telling these stories to news outlets directly then you are missing the first and most important part, HE'S A COMEDIAN. There is only 1 rule in comedy; make people laugh. There are no other rules. If you don't like the content then you don't have to take it in. But if you're looking for comedians to only tell true stories with no embellishments, you're going to be disappointed.
Ah yes. Classic deflection. That's not at all what they are talking about. They are talking about using fabricated incidents of racism to advance his career.
Are you missing the point intentionally or not? He's whipping up racial hatred. More jussie smollett. The demand for racism is exceeding the supply. So race hustlers are doing their thing.
If you actually read the new York times article you would see that he caused real life consequences for the people he inserted into his jokes. He admitted that those people didn't actually do the racist things he said they did and doesn't seem to care that they received death threats because of it.
@@TheNinjaballer Um no 🤣 White comedians and content creators have been blasted for making up stories too. It's all good to take creative liberties but leave real people out of it.
I hope this mean Hasan Minhaj is in the running for The Daily Show because that's where I plan to get 100% of my news and stop watching CBS who give people like Claire a platform to demand that comedians becomes journalists. BFFR
OK, so you are saying that IF a comedian wants to lie, then they cannot use ANY truth? Again, they have used that throughout history.... This is a ridiculous argument.
Asking comedians to be more truthful in their art is like asking Tom Clancy and Stephen King to be more truthful in their work…Media like The New Yorker and CBS is going away. Nobody wants to hear this dumb shet about a genuine person like Hasan.
STOP SAYING MINNAJ LIKE NIKKI MANAJ. YOU'RE A REPORTER, try to say hi name. Hasan ...,MINN...HAJ. If you can't say it correctly, throughout the piece, refer to his first name. It's not like we are going to forget which Hasan you are talking about
I expect a comedian to embellish, exaggerate and create fiction. Political commentary that is heavily intertwined with comedy should be examined carefully.
Clare Malones embellishments of the truth of her interview with Hassan Minaj has just been called.out with receipts in his recent response to it.
He just dropped a video that explains how the new yorker manipulated the story to make him look bad. And honestly i still think he's a hilarious comedian
Yep, it was a hit piece. The New Yorker is the last place (well, maybe third of fourth last) you should be getting your information from.
Turns out Clare Malone is the real LIAR. Absolutely disgusted by the new yoker.
Y’all owe him an apology ASAP!!! He came with the receipts!!!
Does he have receipts that disprove his own statements? Making up stories about a real person and her family and not even hiding their IDs enough to prevent them being harassed and threatened? The guy is a lazy writer who wanted cheap victimhood cred because that's what mediocre artists do when the well of creativity runs dry:
"Minhaj admitted to The New Yorker that it’s true she never agreed to go to prom with him, but that the story he told in “Homecoming King” had an “emotional truth,” and that each of them had a different understanding of what transpired with her rejection. “There are so many other kids who have had a similar sort of doorstep experience,” he said."
@@ericwilliams9360 yes! He came with the receipts, recordings and timeline! Also screenshots
@@musicplugins9233 you can pretend that lying about personal tragedy is noble but it's absolutely disgusting.
Maybe you should go symphatize with those fake sexual assault reporters because lying is ok to achieve the end goal apparently.
Completely lied about the prom event where Bethany effectively cheated on him at the doorstep without him knowing at all. He himself admitted that didn't happen and he knew about it days in advance.
Even if what he said is completely true it still makes Bethany look like an asshole. Nobody owes him an apology.
@@paperplane-db8qf so what! It’s a comedy story it did happen just not the exact detail deep for detail. Her parents were certainly racist and didn’t want pictures being taken with a brown boy and she admitted it in an email stating how her parents were once racist.!
I demand an apology piece from Claire and the New Yorker
How can you have such low standards of reporting? Issue a proper apology to him, NOW.
This did NOT age well.
Well. Well. Lets see if CBS updates on this after Hasan gave his response
Are comedians supposed to only be literal now??? You people need to get a life!!
He admitted that he made up the stories of people he labeled as racist. That's pretty bad and not the normal embellishing comedians do.
Hasan used his UNO reverse card on this one!!!
😁😁😁😁
How are people defending him? Comedians embellish experience to make their stories funnier, and not to make it more emotional or make others seem racist. That is such a key difference. The stories in his standup included his pregnant wife being sent death threats and "suspicious" white powder. Not even mentioning all the people he claimed were "racist"
Also, it is not limited to venues meant for standup comedy. He has been in business for many years, and must know that people are actually believing what he is narrating as true events and not everyone who is reading his stories is buying a ticket to his comedy shows. But, at least to my knowledge, he never made any effort to correct anyone until pressed on the matter. To me, this implies a deliberate scheme to deceive.
Also, his lies include the names of real people who are then targeted for things that never happened so the whole "comedians always embellish" defense doesn't hold water.
@@k2Peak982 Yup exactly, I saw a podcast where one of his friends at the time, said that Hasan told these same stories to him like outside of standup. Like how tf are you gonna lie about this to your friends too
This didn’t age well did it? My man dropped the receipts
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I’m happy I stopped watching CBS!
Came here to comment *again*, when are you publishing an update on this story?
Are you going to apologize for portraying one side of the story?
Shame on you!
Clare Malone will never be associated with the word INTEGRATION ever again.
Is "emotion truth" the new "alternative facts"?
You hit the nail on the head!!
It is code for I was caught in a lie.
He's not a journalist, he's a comedian. Has anyone fact checked any other comedian's stand-up routine? Bet there's plenty of creative license taken in a lot of stand-up routines. So why the focus on Hasan Minhaj specifically?
Nope, it's code for Protecting real people's identity. He criticized for not protecting the subjects while changing their details. Doomed if you, doomed if you don't.
I used to read the New Yorker. After watching his response video I realized that the writers are misleading. In this age of misinformation, it’s very difficult to find true reporting. I’m not renewing my subscription.
Something always felt off about this guy, and you could see it in how other comedians would react to him when they shared a stage. The eye rolls from his peers were barely suppressed. He always has to be the biggest person in the room. That's fine for comedy, but it's not compatible with advocacy work, and whatever he might claim, he bears the responsibility that comes with advocating for other people. I see no sense of humility or acknowledgement of that responsibility. More disturbingly, the fact that he lied about stories that really didn't have any comedic value, where he paints himself as the victim, and where his lies negatively impacted real people is utterly despicable. He's not elevating these issues by lying or exaggerating. He's handing racists more ammunition to scream "fake news" about valid accusations of racism from other people. He's making it less likely that the truth will be taken seriously by treating the truth like a joke. This isn't "complicated" because it's "art". I heard the "Boy Who Cried Wolf" when I was 6 years old. He's undermining the struggle of people who don't have his high profile, all for the sake of social media clout and personal enrichment, and then failing to own up to it. These are the traits of a sociopath.
Most cries of racism are fake news. Probably only about 5% actually racist. The rest is people pointing fingers for their own failures.
Ahhh... Post hoc internet clairvoyance! So many of you have 20/20 vision in the rearview mirror.
What didn't you say anything before Madam Zimra or whatever stage name you wanna take up? 😂
@@rudranil06 imagine diving in front of an Internet comment to defend a lying sociopath whom you'll never meet.
@@claycan3243 He admitted he lied, right?
@@claycan3243 I'm sorry, I really don't have ton of time to debate the right and wrong of a dude lying, admitting he lied, and the lies essentially ruining someone's life (the woman he lied about).
If you lack the capacity to see the right or wrong, or think we should only be concerned if we are the ones being lied about - dude, you are a broken deeply immoral person, or maybe just "developmentally delayed"?
If you go to a comedy show and expect facts, go home.
That depends on whether the comedian uses their microphone to push an agenda or create a false political narrative.
@@saywhatnow57If comedy acts are solely responsible for your political opinions, you're the problem. Not the comedian.
@@SWatson410 Context matters in all forms of communication. Have you watched the "stories" he tells?
@@claycan3243 He tells long truthful-sounding narratives that are pretty politically preachy. They don't come across like jokes. They come across like first-hand experiences he's trying to educate his audience with. He just cracks a joke in between every little bit. It's too much in this case.
he was pushing an agenda
Clare Witch Malone wants attention so bad ?! she didn't factchecked her story even though he gave her receipts. What kind of lying journalist is this ?! She need to be fact checked
slow day for news i take ?
Just Can't believe that proven lies can be defended....whether racism exists or not......why can lies be defended.....am I missing something here.....???
It's comedy. Telling stories!
@@waymilky442 ohh please....it's called creating a fake narrative.....to support his left leaning ideologies....
This is one is where "context matter" has never been more relevant.
Yes comedians make up stuff, if it's innocuous stuff, it doesn't matter, if you're presenting it in a way that says "Hey! This is the mirror I'm holding up to society!" then it absolutely does matter.
He lied about real people living out there regardless of how it'll affect their lives.
I was rooting for him to get the DS, especially after his interview with Kevin O'Leary, but after this I really think he lacks the moral fibre that people like Jon Stewart and John Oliver have.
Yeah I don't even like the title of this video! There's a major difference between embellishing something as opposed to completely making it up.
End of the day, the smell of gomutra hardly leaves.😂
Hasan made a solid breakdown video.
It turns out that Minaj was telling the truth.
@@maxmac7845 Yea I saw the video. Wow. Lot of lost context deliberately kept out by the reporter.
Hasan didn't deserve that hit job of an article.
Bruh
If he was stealing these jokes / stories from other comedians that would be my problem
yep
So naming real people as racists when he now admits they weren't is ok with you?
He's an ENTERTAINER. To make stuff up to make people laugh/think...that's his job.
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He lied about stories that happened to him and presented them as fact...
He lied to portray himself as a victim. He told the stories as though they were harrowing events that he's trying to make light of through comedy. Regardless of his motives, he's also perpetuating racism.
@@Brain_With_Limbs No, he presented them as part of a comedy act.
@@blackmagic63109its stories about serious acts of racism that he made up, not some goofy embellished story about a drunken night on the town
What he said could warrant a defamation lawsuit by the people and girl affected.
She twisted his words to make it quasi-salacious to match the story she was determined to tell. You have to listen to the audio tapes of the interview and compare them to what was written. They're talking about stuff he talked about in 2016. It's 2023.
The nerve! This woman going on TV to support a story she knew damn well she'd manipulated. Shame on her.
Welp this has aged like 1 month old unrefrigerated milk. Is any media outlet who covered going to recant their allegations? Time to step up to the plate.
Why would they when he made a video publicly admitting theyre all true.
Lesson one: a comedy act is not the place to get news. Lesson two: the standard I see being raised to comedians, professional storytellers whose job is to get a laugh out of their audience, appears to be staggering higher than the one lowered to politicians, to whom lying and deceiving to then be empowered to decide on our lives seems not only not to be a problem but to be protected, a constitutional right, and part of their job description. My question then is: IS THIS A JOKE?
Lesson one is very true. Your lesson 2 is true, however misses the point (as does this news clip).
The stories he made up about his high school prom date ditching him because “her family didn’t want her taking pictures with a brown kid” has resulted in her getting death threats and her family being attacked for being racist…and the story is completely false.
Comedians should have a lot of freedom to make up whatever story they want to get a laugh, but not when it results in innocent people getting their lives turned upside down for something that isn’t true.
He never apologized to these people. Never made any statements saying that his story wasn’t true until this piece came out.
THAT is not okay.
I highly encourage you to read her piece before jumping to conclusions. There is a lot of horrifying things in there that I am sure you would conclude is not okay
Btw.... Did you hear his side before jumping conclusions!!??
@@chaalzzHis side is literally in the piece. She interviews him and directly asks him about it
@@davidhine9626 He made a video aboout it clearing his name up. He has all the receipts.
People have been cancelled FOR WAY LESS than this.
I've never canceled anyone but I'll gladly start with this tool.
No this is just being a comedian.
So…..who should be canceled? Seems this story hasn’t aged well, especially after the recent reply from Hassan Minhaj. Seems Clare Malone has some explaining to do.
Uh, name *one* instance where a person was cancelled for "less" than telling a not entirely true story as a comedian during a stand-up act!
And I'm not even saying whether or not Minhaj was right or wrong to embellish stories in a comedy act (because I don't know where the line even is) - only that I can't think of a single instance off the top of my head in which someone got "cancelled" for *less* than that!
So yes, can you please provide *one* example where someone got cancelled for "less" than a comedian embellishing a story during a stand-up act?
It is Story-telling. What do these people expect? The funny thing about this entire thing is that NEWS anchors are not being held to Journalistic integrity but Comedians are expected to.
It was lying. And they were very hurtful lies.
Hurtful to whom?
@@waymilky442 Spreading inflammatory lies, especially in these very troubling times, is extremely hurtful to society.
@@MrLee-cy1pw except they werent lies at all lol
@@MrLee-cy1pw can you explain how its hurtful to society you have too much time to yourself
Hasan Minhaj is a journalist!!! The whole premise is wrong. Hope you got the receipts lady.
The problem with Hasan is these werent told as jokes in a comedy context, but as literal stories about being oppressed as a Muslim, which we now know are all untrue.
If a comedian didn't know how to take everyday stories we relate to and make them funny, they wouldn't be comedians. I'm not worried if comedian takes liberty for laughs without diminishing the spirit of the story. It's not uncommon for them to take a story they can relate to from their friends and transpose it onto their own life to help audiences relate to it better when regaling on stage
and none of them make you laugh anyway
Reverse the skin colors in the story ...double standards once again.
he is not just a comedian， he is a political actor
Ok so if a comedian inserts you into their fake story, calls you and your family racist it's ok because it's just jokes?
That's not what he is doing though. He is fabricating stories that aren't funny, making himself out to be a victim and, in certain instances, harming actually people with his lies.
This guy tells the stories to divide america. He is more muslim than he is anything. Font cancel russel brand cancel this guy who is full of hate. He lies about having a hard life as an immigrant. But he makes his stuff up. He has never been leaned on by a cop. As a black man he does not know our hatd times.
look at these liars and hypocrytes sitting around the table
This is beyond stupid. He's a comedian, the entire performance is a one man show. He's memorized every line he says, and comedians use exaggeration and lies to tell the truth, or to convey a point. Who is complaining about comedians lying? Who are these people who have no concept of the art form? If he went up there and told a story like The Three Little Pigs, nobody would jump up and say "You're lying, get him off the stage, pigs can't talk". The whole thing is nonsense. The real problem is the people complaining about this type of thing. If you don't like his act, great. Don't watch it.
He was pushing anti white hatred. Not comedic at all. That’s a problem and it’s throwing all the time
There’s a difference between telling a lie for the porpoises of a laugh or joke and telling a lie for sympathy. Honestly this guys kinda sick. Who lies about there daughter being hospitalized for anthrax and calling a girl from your high school racist cause she didn’t want to date you.
@@brianleibforth2337 Technically you can tell lies in the United States and call it true and it's not illegal. Our politicians do it daily.
Ok so when someone inserts your name into their fake story and you are branded a racist don't get upset, it's just comedy.
@@joanna0988 Now you're starting to understand
Oh my god!! Who. The. Hell. Cares.
If only Jussie Smollett had been a comedian. LOL
Exactly! Smh.
Juicy Smooyay, sir. Get his name right.
Smollett filed a false police report! He committed an *actual* crime!
Minhaj told fictional stories in a stand-up act that he *never* said was factual or "based on a true story" (people just assumed they were "true" because he used several real details from his life, like his actual name and where he actually grew up), but *never* while under oath or in a way that wasted taxpayer dollars.
Whether or not you think that move is right or wrong, it is *not at all* even *close* to what Smollett did! Smollett filed an *actual* false police report and committed an *actual* crime. Minhaj told exaggerated stories. These are *not* the same by *any* means!
I like how they talk about "Journalistics standards" and you shouldn't get your news from "comedy sources". that is so transparently self serving
When the reason people turned on Comedy central for their news is because the decline in trust in News Media.
Any defense of what Hasan did is baffling. This minimalizes real stories.
Its called entertainment and comedy so dane cook stereo typing a puppet is not insulting because your white and American right? 😂
you dont know if i am white or american@@raideraaron9702
That’s extremely disappointing! I was a fan but I won’t be in the future. I think his stories are manipulation now and nothing more!! No better than when the other side lies!! He’s not setting up simple premises.
I feel like that woman refuses to see any perspective outside her own. If people go to comedy for truth and news they’re at the wrong damn place. If you get news from comedians, I’m sorry.
Most if not all of his oppression stories were made up not just some. Not to mention he is hard core supporter of racist Islamist Ilhan Omar.
Most comedians make up stories with fake people. Hasan used real people in his jokes which had real life repercussions for them.
Do you think the people watching these comedies know these stories are lies as they're being told? Did you personally think he was lying as he was telling the story???
Who cares? It's their fault if they believe.
Meanwhile, on the right: Tucker Carlson.
Don't tell me that less than 100% of everything that happened in Curb Your Enthusiasm actually happened to Larry David in real life. 😢
There’s a difference between telling a lie for the porpoises of a laugh or joke and telling a lie for sympathy. Honestly this guys kinda sick. Who lies about there daughter being hospitalized for anthrax and calling a girl from your high school racist cause she didn’t want to date you.
Yup. Another news report that doesn’t share all the important facts and misses the point entirely:
His stories that he made up have ruined people’s lives.
The point isn’t that he is making up stories for telling jokes. Comedians do that all the time. The point is that the stories he makes up are directly targeted at people in his life that are easily discoverable with a little bit of research.
It’s resulted in a innocent woman receiving death threats and her family being accused of being racist. He did nothing for them, refused to apologize, and never made any public statements saying that he made up stories about them until this report came out.
This guy is sick.
Please do not compare him to Larry David
In that case, Jussie Smollett should've told his lie at a comedy show rather than talking to Robin Roberts.
@@claycan3243joke world did a video on this.
Who are these Critics?? They need to get a life if they get this worked up over a comedians act. Of course he embellished and makes stuff up! That’s what they do! Smfh
There’s a difference between telling a lie for the porpoises of a laugh or joke and telling a lie for sympathy. Honestly this guys kinda sick. Who lies about there daughter being hospitalized for anthrax and calling a girl from your high school racist cause she didn’t want to date you.
Big deal! We've got a President who's constantly embellishing everything he says!
Wait until you hear about this Donald Trump guy 😂
@@CleverAccountName303 Like claiming to have Marched in civil rights protest while instead worked with the segregationist, being arrested in SA when trying to meet Nelson Mandala, Amtrak conductor, etc.
@@JoelJ777 🥱 Wake me up when he commits treason
I feel for the young woman who was maligned for dropping Hassan for the prom which was not true. Because of Hassan’s lies, this woman and family received threats.
So the woman and her family recieved no threats because her identity is still anonymous. Hasan and the lady were still friends even after she watched the special and in an email she wrote to him thanking him for protecting her identity and she even admitted her parents came a long way from the racism they displayed. if you want to learn more just watch his rebuttal where he shows receipts
Wow, I'm so disgusted at this. Clare Malone you should honestly be ashamed of yourself. He just made a video providing proof. This is so sad.
Spoiler alert: none of the funny stories comedians tell are true.
None of those 'true' stories they tell are funny
He is not funny at all. I always knew he was lying. It’s not comedy, he is a deceiver.
What? You think Standup is just people telling life stories? Of course it's embellished! It's called art.
yea, no. he lied about his experiences, he explicitly said it happened to him. it's part of his political comedy.
There’s a difference between telling a lie for the porpoises of a laugh or joke and telling a lie for sympathy. Honestly this guys kinda sick. Who lies about there daughter being hospitalized for anthrax and calling a girl from your high school racist cause she didn’t want to date you.
Then why use real people in his stories?
It is different to embelish a story to make the jokes land than it is to do it to make one's political commentary land
To make people laugh, not to be victims…huge difference Einstein
Plus like he kinda like a spokesperson on others behalf i think its good work speaking for his ppl tbh
Lmaoo he's a comedian, this is what they do.
😂😂😂 I Ain't Lying 😎🤥🤟
He’s the Jussie smollett of comedy
Jussie Smollet is an actor, is it okay he called 911 even though he was just acting because "that's what he does"?
You weren't saying this for Steve Rannazzisi
Big difference between embellishing a story for a joke and embellishing a story to push a political narrative.
We don’t go to comedy to be lectured to by liars.
Why are you interviewing a Karen who didn't understand that? Hes a comedian, and his job is to get laughs, not tell facts.
Hasan admitted to her that he made up stories about the real people he exposed in his comedy specials. That's pretty foul and not normal for comedians to do.
Bottom line: Don't take anything a COMEDIAN say seriously... Unless, of course, they say "but seriously though".
People are raped and sexually assaulted too but if someone claimed that it happened to them and it didn’t then imagine the outrage. Same exact thing he is doing and making money off of. DISGUSTING!
How would you know if someone was raped or not? Also this isn't anywhere the same as rape.
Why is she more concerned about a comedian’s set rather than the work politicians are not doing?
Obviously, she needs a story. There was an interview with CEO Tim Gurner who stated unemployment should be 50% to remind people they work for an employer not the other way around. This may not be niche enough for her though.
One of the reasons more people rely on the Daily Show and other similar shows is due to BS stories like this one. This story has no traction, yet y'all pretend to have the pulse of the nation based on what's trending on X formerly known as Twitter. We want facts not whose first.
Because Hasan's show and comedy were politically driven. They have a political impact on viewers whether Hasan cares or not. Also, lying about real people has an impact on their lives.
Wait… WHAT?!!! A comedian not telling all the facts of his Joke 😱 I go to the comedy club for all my Facts 🙂
We live in a society where people quote comedians as some sort of activists or intellectuals, instead of the buffoons they are, so not sure your sarcasm really fits the bill.
@@scientia.veritas Not sure you realize that Your point of view is not the ONLY view 🤔It just doesn’t fit YOUR Bill 😉
Did you personally realise he was lying as he was telling the joke???
@@djgroopz4952 I always Google Fact Check the comedians as they’re telling the joke 😄
@@comment.highlighted You didn't answer the question. Did you personally think he was lying when he was telling the joke? Or if that's too much to answer, try this one. How many in the audience, do you think, thought it was a real story as it was being told???
Telling jokes is one thing, lying about events will get his career cancelled.
I bet that's why Netflix cancelled his show, he made up the anthrax and Saudi embassy threats 🤦
@@joanna0988so dane cook doesnt make up terrorist stories with his puppet ? In a time where we were at war with iraq and hes takling about stereotypes
Did he *ever* actually say these events were true or actually happened? Did he ever claim his specials are based on true stories?
Yes, they *sounded* like they *could* have been true, but did he ever *say* in an official capacity that they *were* true? Or did we just *assume* they were? And if we just assumed that, why is that his fault?
Are they insinuating comedians need to be truthful.. but news agencies, politicians get a pass ? Pfft
no, they aren't. you are insinuating that.
In interviews this guy said these stories were real. He also ruined some woman’s life over a HIGH SCHOOL REJECTION what a maniac
Jokes can be embellished. But not if you pass it off as an emotional truth
When you lie about things like this it makes it harder for those who aren't lying to be believed. It's like when a person lies about being r@ped, this leads to ppl not believing others.
Jussie already checked off that box for us.
@@thatcrazymickthe difference jussie reported it as a crime hasan did it for entertainment gtfoh
Omg defend his lies…. This I terrible and he’s a liar. He’s separating people
So he totally made up that story about his family being attacked after 911. That's pretty fkin shameless. I knew it seemed off, but wanted to believe him anyway 🙄
no that part wasn't confirmed if it was a truth or lie
This is a silly news story. Do people actually think half the stuff said in standup happened to Chris Rock, George Lopez, Trevor Noah, or Dave Chappelle?
The house of cards is starting to fall.
Call the other person on the show as well ? Yeah ?
What do you have to say now?
Hes a comedian, why are people worried if hes telling the truth or not, hes trying to get a laugh.
Stop playing a victim game bc you’re not.
"Upwardly mobile immigrants to advance their careers." Couldn't have said it better. There's a lot of privileged people out there who make a career of telling others to check their privilege.
It’s true! We all know that the Monty Python dead parrot story was real…😑
No! The bird they banged on the counter was actually alive! I’m keeping hope alive 😂
@@DaisyPusher “he’s not dead yet!” 😅
Why is this even a story? WOW! This is where we at? I am just seeing this weeks later. Have we lost our F-ing minds?!!! Stories to laugh is now under attack? Have we met comedians before? WTF is going on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wee think Eddie Murphy and Richard Pyor told their life stories for laughs? FK!
There is a famous book called “I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala” written by a Guatemalan author who was asked if those experiences in the book actually happened her. She admitted not all of them did, but the experiences certainly were real and happened to a Guatemalan Indian woman. I feel like it’s the same kind of situation.
Nonsensical comparison, he made up multiple stories about oppression to make political points including accusing a woman of racism because she didn’t want to go out with him. Not to mention he is a hard core supporter of racist Islamist Ilhan Omar.
Did she use real names and cause issues for real people with her story?
@@joanna0988 yes she used her real name, but to my knowledge no other person’s actual name was used. Like a story about her sexual assault by a Spaniard. I don’t recall a real person’s name being used.
@@majorlazor5058 No I mean did she use other people's real names? Because that's what Hasan did and usually if you lie about a real person it's called slander 🤦
@@joanna0988 My understanding is Hassan embellished on some stories, but that doesn’t mean every single thing he talked about was not true. If he committed slander I’m sure some lawyers would be ringing the victims’ phone nonstop to file a slam dunk lawsuit.
I think the difference here is he based his career telling woke comedy where the laughs come from sympathy of his oppression and faced racism rather than the jokes themselves. They're wokes, not jokes (Chappelle). The audience that appeal to him are those that either look like him or can relate to him or wokesters. It's way different from other comedy where you do it for laughs because you won't get attacked later for it. Using woke comedy just further stigmatizes an already minority group where they think they're always oppressed or discriminated against. This is why you get people that get 'offended' by jokes now and that comedians need to watch what they say because woke comedy has destroyed normal comedy or insult comedy.
This conversation is exhausting
Wait, don’t all comedians do this? Lmao wtf
It's only a crime to embellish stories as a comedian if you're not white, apparently
There’s a difference between telling a lie for the porpoises of a laugh or joke and telling a lie for sympathy. Honestly this guys kinda sick. Who lies about there daughter being hospitalized for anthrax and calling a girl from your high school racist cause she didn’t want to date you.
No they don't. I watch a lot of comedians, go to lots of stand up shows and they very rarely use real names in their jokes.
No, "all comedians" don't tell lies using the names of real people and accusing them of extremely horrible behavior that never happened. The girl that supposedly rejected him at prom because of "rascim" received death threats. Also, she's currently married to an Indian guy. This guy's career is over and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Really?!?! Imagine that a comedian embellishes a routine? CBS News - shame on you for wasting time on a non-story. Or are you just that gullible?
All he has to do is say its a stereo type and atop saying it happened to him personally and no one would question it
OK, so the moral of the story is that Jessie Smollett hired two black guys to beat the sh*t out of him so that he could express his EMOTIONAL TRUTH.....ok got it, right!
You're really going to try to claim that filing a false police report is the same as embellishing stories in a comedy act? You *really* can't tell the difference between an *actual crime* and punching up stories for comedy (not even saying whether what Minhaj did was right or wrong, only that *no one* is accusing him of committing a crime - which *inherently* makes him *not at all close* to the guy who *did)?*
Wow! Thank you for revealing your inherently racist bias!
3 cards muslims own
Credit card
Debit card
Victim card
Hasan isn't a comedian...
Claire owes Hasan an apology. She's a liar.
"Critics" are always critical... thats why they're called critics...
The idea that anyone takes stories from a STAND-UP ROUTINE as reality, those people need to have their heads examined
There’s a difference between telling a lie for the porpoises of a laugh or joke and telling a lie for sympathy. Honestly this guys kinda sick. Who lies about there daughter being hospitalized for anthrax and calling a girl from your high school racist cause she didn’t want to date you.
@@brianleibforth2337 The fact that you have to explain that shows how dense people are.
He's not just telling jokes. Comedy isn't just one thing. Part of how he stands out is by telling stories that appear to be authentic. But he's lying in those moments of "authenticity" and his lies are about real people and have harmed them and made their lives miserable.
@ericmaddox1896 if he was a public speaker, then you would have a point... but he's not, he's a comedian. So unless he's telling these stories to news outlets directly then you are missing the first and most important part, HE'S A COMEDIAN. There is only 1 rule in comedy; make people laugh. There are no other rules. If you don't like the content then you don't have to take it in. But if you're looking for comedians to only tell true stories with no embellishments, you're going to be disappointed.
A comedians set is LITERALLY called “an act”. No one thinks it’s 100% truthful. It’s supposed to
Make you laugh. Sheesh!!
this guy is lying about about crimes against him for entertainment. shame on these muppets for condoning it
We demand all stand-up shows just become accurate re-tellings of the comedian's experience. No jokes.
Ah yes. Classic deflection. That's not at all what they are talking about. They are talking about using fabricated incidents of racism to advance his career.
so its ok for an antisemetic comedian to make up stories about Jewish folx for jokes?
Are you missing the point intentionally or not? He's whipping up racial hatred. More jussie smollett. The demand for racism is exceeding the supply. So race hustlers are doing their thing.
😅
They weren't jokes though
This woman just annoyed me on levels I never thought I could be annoyed.
this is the best story she can currently find..? 🤔
It's actually a very good piece because he caused hardship in a few peoples lives by painting them as racists when he now admits they weren't.
Why specifically pick on him? Comedians are story tellers.
I don’t expect to hear a factual story when I go to a comedy show
If you actually read the new York times article you would see that he caused real life consequences for the people he inserted into his jokes. He admitted that those people didn't actually do the racist things he said they did and doesn't seem to care that they received death threats because of it.
@@joanna0988 I think it’s because his name is Hasan
@@TheNinjaballer Um no 🤣 White comedians and content creators have been blasted for making up stories too. It's all good to take creative liberties but leave real people out of it.
I hope this mean Hasan Minhaj is in the running for The Daily Show because that's where I plan to get 100% of my news and stop watching CBS who give people like Claire a platform to demand that comedians becomes journalists. BFFR
OK, so you are saying that IF a comedian wants to lie, then they cannot use ANY truth? Again, they have used that throughout history.... This is a ridiculous argument.
Who cares! He's a comedian! Not a journalist! Why take this so seriously.. there are more important things in this world to debate instead of this..
Asking comedians to be more truthful in their art is like asking Tom Clancy and Stephen King to be more truthful in their work…Media like The New Yorker and CBS is going away. Nobody wants to hear this dumb shet about a genuine person like Hasan.
He makes Dane Cook look like a genius comedian
Never heard of him. He is not funny.🤷♀️
STOP SAYING MINNAJ LIKE NIKKI MANAJ. YOU'RE A REPORTER, try to say hi name.
Hasan ...,MINN...HAJ. If you can't say it correctly, throughout the piece, refer to his first name. It's not like we are going to forget which Hasan you are talking about
Isnt that how comedy works ??
I expect a comedian to embellish, exaggerate and create fiction.
Political commentary that is heavily intertwined with comedy should be examined carefully.
Damn she literally sabotaged the guy. Shes calling him manipulative?? Talk about the pot calling the kettle from